Grammys 2022 memorialised Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins with a special tribute at the Las Vegas ceremony tonight (April 3).The iconic drummer died on March 25 at the age of 50.
He was found in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the band were were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.“This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” host Trevor Noah explained during the ceremony. “We would have been celebrating with them as they won three Grammy awards earlier today.“But they are, of course, not here due to the passing of their legendary drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Our thoughts go out to Taylor’s family, his friends, the Foo Fighter family and all of their fans around the world. We’d like to take a moment now to remember Taylor.”#GRAMMYs host Trevor Noah gave a brief tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins pic.twitter.com/skwOoNAB8u— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 4, 2022The audience at home and watching on TV were then shown a montage of footage of Hawkins performing and backstage, with Foo Fighters song ‘My Hero’ soundtracking it.
A larger In Memoriam segment followed, remembering more of the music world’s lost stars from the last 12 months.Homenaje a @taylorhawkins en los #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/SB5jxTn9eT— Hanzel Zàrate (@aquientrenostv) April 4, 2022Earlier in the ceremony, Billie Eilish also paid tribute to Hawkins during her performance of ‘Happier Than Ever’.
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